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assiette à potage
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Soup plate
assiette à potage
French (Sèvres)
1771
Object Place: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Forsyth Wickes—The Forsyth Wickes Collection
Accession Number65.1898
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionOne of ten soup plates (65.1896–65.1905), from the service of Mme. du Barry. White ground, border decoration with blue cassoletts laced together by polychrome garlands of flowers. Rim has chin gilding, dotted in blue. Du Barry initials in center D in gold; B in garland of flowers.
Marks
interlaced Ls enclosing date letter S, painter's mark for Guillaume Noel (active at Sevres 1755-1800) above, in black enamel; incised x.
ProvenanceForsyth Wickes (b.1876-d.1964), New York and Newport, RI; 1965, bequest of Forsyth Wickes to the MFA. (Accession date: December 24, 1965)